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Photos: Scenes from the US House speaker vote
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee is followed by reporters as he walks to his office at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Visitors walk past the painting "General George Washington Resigning His Commission" in the Capitol Rotunda as Republicans try to elect Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a top Donald Trump ally, to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Former Speaker of the House Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks to the House chamber as Republicans try to elect Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a top Donald Trump ally, to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, watches as Republicans try to elect him to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Temporary House leader Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., listens as Republicans try to elect Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a top Donald Trump ally, to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Temporary House leader Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., presides as Republicans try to elect Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a top Donald Trump ally, to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., keeps track of Republicans who have voted against Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, in the first rounds of voting as as Republicans try to elect Jordan to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, stands and talks with Republican House Whip Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., as they discuss the tally of the first round of voting, as the House votes for a new speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., is applauded after voting for Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on the first ballot as Republicans try to elect Jordan to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., right, talks with Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, as Republicans try to elect Jordan on the first ballot to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Clerk of the House of the Representatives Cheryl Johnson calls the roll as Republicans try to elect Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a top Donald Trump ally, to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
At the end of the first round of voting, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, sits withRep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, right, as Republicans try to elect Jordan, a top Donald Trump ally, to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
A House member checks their mobile phone to see names of who other members voted for as Republicans try to elect Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a top Donald Trump ally, to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, listens after he was not successful in the first ballot, as Republicans try to elect him to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of N.Y., leaves after speaking to reporters on the steps of the Capitol after Republicans failed in their first attempt to elect Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a top Donald Trump ally, to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Temporary House leader Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., talks with Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, as Republicans try to elect Jordan in a second ballot to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, talks with Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and others as Republicans try to elect Jordan to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., the temporary leader of the House of Representatives, is followed by reporters on the way to a closed-door conference before House Republicans hold a third day of voting to elect a speaker of the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. After Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, failed in a crucial second ballot yesterday, a bipartisan group of lawmakers are floating an extraordinary plan — to give the interim speaker pro tempore McHenry more power to reopen the immobilized House and temporarily conduct routine business. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, arrives for the Republican caucus meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, House Judiciary chairman and staunch ally of Donald Trump, meets with reporters about his struggle to become speaker of the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Former Speaker of the House Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., nominates Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, for speaker as Republicans try to elect Jordan, a top Donald Trump ally, to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, House Judiciary chairman and staunch ally of Donald Trump, meets with reporters about his struggle to become speaker of the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
